Award-winning starchitect Winka Dubbeldam, who designed the gorgeous, glassy, 11-story 497 Greenwich St., otherwise known as the Greenwich Street Project, has just put her sixth-floor home there on the market for $2.35 million.
Dubbeldam had previously been more interested in renting her condo, sources say, although it had briefly been on the market in 2010 for $2.39 million. The two-bedroom, 1 1/2- bathroom unit is 1,661 square feet with high ceilings, an open layout and sliding doors.
The doorman building, with a penthouse owned by artist Cindy Sherman, includes a gym, screening room, wine cellar, pool and Zen garden. There’s even a guest-suite duplex and 24-hour concierge.
One reason we love Dubbeldam: In one interview, she lists books as the most underrated object. “I still like their physical presence and having a wall full of them to browse,” she said.
Listing broker Jason Walker of Prudential Douglas Elliman declined to comment.
Picture perfect
One pricey downtown condo is getting its share of close-ups.
Model Angela Martini, Albania’s representative in the 2010 Miss Universe competition, shot a video for her new Martini Bikini swimsuit collection at a 4,700-square-foot penthouse at TriBeCa’s 200 Chambers St. The unit, listed by Platinum Properties, is on the market for $17.995 million and features Andy Warhol and George Condo art, Marilyn Minter photographs and furniture including a $63,000 de Sede sofa. Also included is a $50,000 antique chandelier, which fashion designer Betsey Johnson swung from during a recent photo shoot.
Sighting
Hot-shot real estate lawyer Adam Leitman Bailey — known largely for lawsuits he’s filed against condo buildings — dining at STK Midtown.
Irving place
Irving Schneider, the 91-year-old real estate mogul and philanthropist, is still wheeling and dealing. Schneider, a longtime business partner of Harry Helmsley, just sold his high-floor co-op at 880 Fifth Ave. for $5.9 million — well above its $5.495 million asking price.
The three-bedroom, three-bathroom, 3,500-square-foot co-op is in an exclusive Emery Roth-designed, 21-story building that dates back to 1948. Schneider currently resides in Palm Beach, Fla.
The buyers are insurance executive Francis
Mitterhoff and his wife, Charlotte, who purchased a lower-floor unit in the same building in 2005.
Listing broker Jacky Teplitzky of Prudential Douglas Elliman declined to comment.
We hear . . .
That multiple potential buyers are lining up to see Katy Perry’s $2.75 million TriBeCa penthouse at 65 N. Moore St., where showings began on Wednesday. The two-bedroom, two-bathroom, 1,500-square-foot unit is still described as a “romantic duplex” in the listing despite Perry and Russell Brand’s divorce. Prudential Douglas Elliman broker John Prince could not be reached for comment . . . That socialite Michelle-Marie Heinemann just bought her second apartment at 923 Fifth Ave. for $1.85 million . . . That Silverstone Property Group’s Martin Nussbaum bought the 17-story residential building at 247 E. 28th St. from Samson Management’s Arnold Goldstein for $53 million. Broker Steven Vegh of Multi Investment Group represented both sides of the deal . . . That 322 Meadow Lane in Southampton closed last week for $28.5 million. The 9,000-square-foot, six-bedroom, 6 1/2-bathroom mansion was listed for $32 million.